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March 21, 2018 21 Mar'18
Singapore government outlines its approach to IoT

Avoiding supplier lock-in, driving open standards and tapping modular platforms are part of the approach that the Singapore government has taken in implementing the internet of things in the city-state
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Ofcom opens 5G spectrum auction

Ofcom has opened the bidding in the auction of spectrum to support 4G and 5G mobile networks
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Researchers use AI, big data and machine learning to find best place in the world to live

West Perth in Australia and Hebden Bridge in the UK are among the top locations ranked by machine learning tool in SAS project
March 20, 2018 20 Mar'18
Australia, ASEAN deepen links on smart cities and digital trade

Besides fostering smart city development across Southeast Asia, Australia and ASEAN will also support the use of digital trade standards across the region’s booming e-commerce market

March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Tech firms not “walking the walk” when it comes to diversity

Despite high-tech firms claiming to have a good track record in diversity, most do not consider it when making business decisions
March 19, 2018 19 Mar'18
Digital retail calls for agile approach, say experts

To embrace digital technology, retailers need to adopt an agile nature across the entire business and break down internal silos, said a panel at Retail Week Live
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Majority of organisations unaware of costs and responsibilities for cloud outages, research finds

Most companies are unaware about the costs associated with a cloud outage and who is responsible for getting systems back online
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
IT contractors not a risk despite Snowden leaks, GCHQ tells court

The government argues in the Investigatory Powers Tribunal that contractors with systems administration rights to computers holding GCHQ’s most sensitive intelligence pose no more of a security risk than the agency’s employees
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Nordic CIO interview: Jussi Sorvali, HMD Global

The head of IT at Finland-based smartphone maker HMD Global turned to the cloud to get the entire IT department up and running quickly
March 16, 2018 16 Mar'18
Three reaches 10 million customer milestone

UK’s smallest “big four” mobile operator reflects on a solid year as it gears up for the imminent spectrum auction

March 13, 2018 13 Mar'18
Accountants look to artificial intelligence as clients get more demanding

Accountancy firms are planning to invest in artificial intelligence and automation technologies to free up staff from repetitive administrative tasks
March 12, 2018 12 Mar'18
Digital for rural areas worth up to £26bn to UK economy

A study commissioned by Amazon has posited that greater use of digital tools and services could be worth between £12bn and £26bn per annum to the UK economy
March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
How banks can make sense of digital disruption

Banks and financial institutions need to go back to basics, deconstruct their core banking processes and strive for zero defects in building applications, says the IT head honcho of Malaysia’s CIMB Bank
March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
Tech City targets companies outside of London for next cohort in accelerator programme

Tech City UK has placed more of an emphasis on companies outside of the capital for its next accelerator cohort
March 08, 2018 08 Mar'18
Denmark’s MobilePay expands in Finnish market through deal with retailer

Deal with Finland’s largest grocery retailer helps mobile payment service spread its reach
March 07, 2018 07 Mar'18
Cyber attacks up nearly 20% in 2017

Research by SonicWall shows there were 9.32 billion malware attacks globally last year, but ransomware attacks fell by 71%
March 06, 2018 06 Mar'18
Norway’s Statkraft outsources IT infrastructure management

Energy company awards India’s HCL five-year IT deal in order to free up resources to focus on core business
March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18
Nesta challenge leverages Open Banking to help small businesses

Innovation foundation invites enterprises of all sizes to compete for a share of a £2.5m prize fund in the second phase of its Open Up Challenge
March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18
Vast majority of consumers unaware of Open Banking consequences, research finds

Research shows most consumers have little or no knowledge of the Open Banking regulation and how it will affect them
March 02, 2018 02 Mar'18
New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year

IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns
March 01, 2018 01 Mar'18
Pizza Hut customers can now pay for meals with Mastercard Qkr mobile app

Pizza Hut has joined a number of UK restaurants in enabling customers to pay at the table using the Mastercard Qkr app
February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18
Chances of success with SAP are only 50-50

Companies can spend millions, but half of SAP projects fail because there is no connection between the implementation and the original business case
February 28, 2018 28 Feb'18
Open Banking could bring an extra £1bn to UK economy

As a result of the Open Banking initiative, an additional £1bn could be available to drive the UK economy forward
February 27, 2018 27 Feb'18
MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper

At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia
February 26, 2018 26 Feb'18
Legacy lock-in and lack of skills hamper public sector cloud adoption

Migrating from legacy lock-in and the ability to manage workloads in cloud infrastructure are among the major challenges that are slowing down public sector cloud adoption
February 23, 2018 23 Feb'18
More than a quarter of UK shoppers prepared for wearable contactless payments

Mastercard research shows a growing number of shoppers are prepared to make purchases with smartwatches, rings and bracelets
February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18
Manchester Science Partnerships opens competition to drive data science and tech startups forward

Manchester Science Partnerships has begun a competition for startups to win free desk space at its Tech Incubator
February 21, 2018 21 Feb'18
Digital economy to make up 60% of APAC’s GDP by 2021

The surge in GDP contribution will come as more organisations shift from digital transformation initiatives aimed at shoring up productivity towards digital product development
February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18
Executive interview: Sudheesh Nair, president, Nutanix

Nutanix is top of the HCI Magic Quadrant, a new category for Gartner this year. We speak to the company's president about how the business is evolving
February 20, 2018 20 Feb'18
University of Cambridge to host ethical hacking challenge

Cambridge is hosting its 2018 hacking challenge, aiming to captivate students and address the cyber security skills shortage
February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18
Rackspace upgrade to save $12m with Scality object storage

Cloud services giant Rackspace brings in Scality object storage in a move that slashes 4,000 boxes from its server count as it separates compute and storage
February 19, 2018 19 Feb'18
Hong Kong, Singapore to continue datacentre bull run

The two Asian cities, Hong Kong and Singapore, will remain primary destinations for datacentre deployments in the APAC region for the foreseeable future
February 15, 2018 15 Feb'18
ODI begins fitness-focused startup accelerator to get the UK moving

The Open Data Institute is calling for startups to join its accelerator programme, as it aims to get more people to be active in the UK
February 14, 2018 14 Feb'18
Grocer Lidl rolls out natural language chatbot to improve customer experience

The German supermarket has unveiled a natural language chatbot to offer customers information about wines
February 12, 2018 12 Feb'18
French technology startups are forging ahead – but how?

France has sprung to the forefront of the international tech startup scene. How has this happened, and what's next for French tech firms?
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
UK technology salaries lag well behind major US cities, research finds

The salaries for tech workers in London fell well below the figures for major US cities in 2017
February 09, 2018 09 Feb'18
Can we trust Intel Inside to mean secure computing?

Intel has just released an updated patch after its previous update failed spectacularly. Now its CEO is promising security assurance
February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18
Tech boosts sales at Abu Dhabi’s Healthpoint

United Arab Emirates healthcare provider Healthpoint has increased sales and efficiency through the use of the latest IT systems
February 06, 2018 06 Feb'18
BMW selects new startups for Innovation Lab 2018 accelerator

Five startups will pitch their projects to BMW executives for the chance to work with the car manufacturer’s commercial divisions
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Interxion closes in on Equinix in battle for Emea colocation market supremacy

The latest colocation market leaderboard from Cloudscene shows Interxion could be gaining ground on giant provider Equinix
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Google Q4 results show businesses are buying into its public cloud

The Google Cloud Platform is earning the search engine giant $1bn per quarter. Expect more cloud investment this year
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
CIO interview: Aaron Powell, CDO, NHS Blood and Transplant

NHS Blood and Transplant chief digital officer Aaron Powell explains why pushing a digital transformation agenda has a real impact on people’s lives
February 02, 2018 02 Feb'18
Faster data is a safer bet for risk exposure

Betting platform service supplier FSB Technology (UK) has used GridGain’s in-memory database to support its existing PostgreSQL transactional system
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
IT Priorities 2018: Where senior IT managers plan to spend their budget

It is the year when IT departments migrate to Windows 10, upgrade to Windows Server 2016, architect microservices and deploy cloud management
February 01, 2018 01 Feb'18
Australia needs to invest more in R&D to move forward

Innovation and Science Australia has made 30 recommendations for the government to consider if the nation is not to become a global backwater
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
GDPR requests to take thousands of hours a month, says survey

A recent survey predicts organisations will potentially face thousands of customer requests about their personal information every month, with many unprepared for GDPR compliance
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Digital Catapult begins accelerator programme to help AI startups overcome major hurdles

A business accelerator programme from Digital Catapult aims to help artificial intelligence-focused startups by giving them access to expertise and computational resources
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Capita to offload non-core business units

Capita reveals it might sell some of its non-core business units after issuing a profit warning, which the CEO partly blames on its business being too broad and complex
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
TechUK calls on government to extend Digital Marketplace

Report on how to promote public sector innovation says there must be a “step change” in government procurement and opportunities must be grasped
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
Swedish banks embrace rapidly evolving chatbots

Artificial intelligence is playing an increasingly important business role for Sweden’s banks – and chatbots are the starting point for many
January 31, 2018 31 Jan'18
What CIOs need to watch out for in digital transformation

IT head honchos will need to consider new performance indicators, adopt an embedded digital business model and build up an enterprise-wide digital platform to avoid digital deadlock
January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18
For Cisco, intent-based networking heralds future tech demands

At Cisco Live Europe in Barcelona, Cisco has recommitted to its vision for intent-based networking, announcing new features as it builds a network it believes will be the enterprise platform of choice in years to come
January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18
Superfast broadband available to 95% of country

The UK government has announced it has reached its target for making superfast broadband available
January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18
NVidia aims to tackle UK’s AI skills gap by educating year nine students

Computer chip developer is providing a teaching kit to educate students on artificial intelligence
January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18
Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis
January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18
Kao Data opens doors on first phase of £200m datacentre campus in Harlow

Kao London One has a capacity of 8.8MW and is being touted as a good fit for hybrid cloud infrastructures
January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18
Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development
January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18
IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
Bristol council in a hurry with £250,000 cloud migration project

Local authority seeks IT supplier to help it move systems to the cloud in nine-month project before colocation service ends
January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18
Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017
January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18
LeakedSource operator could face up to 10 years in jail

Canadian man accused of selling stolen identities and passwords on website
January 16, 2018 16 Jan'18
Enterprise software spending set to grow thanks to AI and digital boost

Gartner forecasts businesses will buy more software, with spending shifting to AI and digital initiatives
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
IT service management effectiveness hampered by lack of metrics

A disconnect between IT service managers and the rest of the business is having a negative impact on IT’s reputation
January 15, 2018 15 Jan'18
Ohio computer programmer faces 16 criminal charges over monitoring thousands of computers

A 28-year-old computer expert has been charged for monitoring thousands of computers, using a form of malware he created
January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18
Call for statutory regulation of police number plate cameras amid concerns over accuracy

The UK’s automatic number plate recognition database – one the largest non-military data-gathering systems – records up to 1.2 million false readings of number plates every day. It should be subject to statutory regulation, says an independent ...
January 12, 2018 12 Jan'18
Alan Turing Institute to add universities of Birmingham and Exeter to data science network

The Alan Turing Institute has announced the latest two universities to join its data science research network
January 11, 2018 11 Jan'18
Retail banking regulations hit UK with the potential of a ‘Big Bang’ moment

The UK retail banking sector is at the beginning of a journey towards to a more competitive future as new regulation hits them
January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18
UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security

As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured
January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18
Marks and Spencer eyes £30m annual cost savings from digital-first retail push

High-street retailer has fleshed out plans to put digital at the heart of its business to boost operational efficiency in response to changing consumer demands
January 10, 2018 10 Jan'18
UK must use new technologies in the workplace to reverse productivity issues, say researchers

Researchers have called for the UK to utilise new technologies in the workplace to drive better productivity
January 09, 2018 09 Jan'18
Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts

The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region
January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18
Sweden steps up cyber defence measures

Sweden is tightening up its cyber security defences as part of a wider national security strategy
January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18
Telco outsources digital transformation to Infosys

Belgium's biggest telco will cut legacy systems as part of a digital transformation project
January 08, 2018 08 Jan'18
IT Priorities 2018: ANZ ups ante on cloud services and software

Organisations in Australia and New Zealand are bullish on IT spending, particularly in cloud infrastructure services, cloud applications and all-flash storage arrays
January 05, 2018 05 Jan'18
London attracted record tech investment in 2017

London-based tech firms received record levels of venture capital funding last year
January 03, 2018 03 Jan'18
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018

Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead
December 29, 2017 29 Dec'17
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2017

Artificial intelligence is being used more and more across various industries, but there still issues around the technology. Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI stories for 2017
December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17
Top 10 mobile stories of 2017

A look back at some of Computer Weekly’s most read mobile networking stories of 2017
December 28, 2017 28 Dec'17
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2017

IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly
December 27, 2017 27 Dec'17
The CW500 Club in 2017

Computer Weekly’s CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers. We present coverage of the 2017 events, including articles and video interviews
December 22, 2017 22 Dec'17
Air New Zealand to trial digital translation technology

Airline becomes one of the first companies to try out a business case for Google's real-time translation technology
December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17
Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2017

ASEAN countries have been forerunners in driving digital transformation through various smart city initiatives and industry transformation roadmaps
December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17
Government Brexit studies merely provide background on tech sector

The infamous government Brexit impact assessments have been released, but tech sector reports reveal nothing new
December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17
Top 10 enterprise IT stories in the Benelux region in 2017

Highlights of how organisations in the Benelux region have been harnessing the latest IT in 2017
December 21, 2017 21 Dec'17
IT Priorities 2018: South Korea to spend more on big data and IoT

South Korean companies are expected to spend more in emerging technologies as well as move more workloads to the cloud in the coming year
December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17
Smart transport startups join Intelligent Mobility accelerator programme

A number of startups have joined an accelerator programme, with the goal of using new technologies to improve transport
December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17
Sweden’s Stena Line sets sail for digital transformation

Ferry operator’s CTO tells Computer Weekly how the company can differentiate itself by using digital tools to make its processes more efficient
December 20, 2017 20 Dec'17
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Middle East stories in 2017

Countries in the Middle East are putting digital transformation high on their priority lists and are already leaders in areas such as smart city development
December 19, 2017 19 Dec'17
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017

The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer
December 18, 2017 18 Dec'17
Departmental plans focus on skills and innovation

Government departments have published their single departmental plans, highlighting the need for innovation, skills and digital – and the requirements of Brexit
December 18, 2017 18 Dec'17
Top 10 broadband stories of 2017

Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 broadband stories from 2017
December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17
Iron Mountain acquires four datacentres from IO in $1.3bn deal

Agreement includes IO’s facilities at Phoenix, Scottsdale, New Jersey and Ohio and more than 550 customers
December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17
Enterprises urged to embrace public cloud after latest technology innovations

Due to the latest technology innovations in public cloud by the major providers, IDC has underlined the importance of this infrastructure
December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17
Robots will create more jobs than they eradicate by 2020

Artificial intelligence technology will begin to create more jobs than it replaces, says Gartner
December 13, 2017 13 Dec'17
Highways England plans for 5G, smart vehicles, drones

Highways England report sets out its aspirations for the next few years, and explores how digital technology will be used to keep people on the move
December 10, 2017 10 Dec'17
Australian genome researchers solving big data problems

Researchers at the Commonwealth Scientific and Research Organisation have developed a cloud-based tool to look for the needle in a haystack in what they have described as the "datafication of everything"
December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17
Santander UK recruits digital banking expert from Barclays

Santander UK has poached Michael Harte from Barclays to drive digital transformation
December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17
Paul Coby to step down as John Lewis CIO

CIO of retailer John Lewis, Paul Coby, has announced he will be stepping down from his role in 2018, after almost seven years
December 08, 2017 08 Dec'17
Forging a new identity: IT underpins Openreach’s independence

Openreach chief technology and information officer Mark Lam discusses how IT is helping to forge a new and distinct identity for the network infrastructure business as it leaves the wider BT Group